Field Studies of Sediment Transport in the Nearshore Environment

Abstract

The long-term goals of this program are to improve the understanding of the processes and physical mechanisms responsible for beach morphology changes and patterns of erosion and deposition in the nearshore zone. We believe that studies of small-scale fluid-sediment interaction can provide the link between fluid forcing mechanisms and beach morphology change.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA627648

Entities

People

  • Andrea S. Ogston
  • Richard W. Sternberg

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Sets
  • Environment
  • Layers
  • Particle Flux
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Research Facilities
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Transport Ships
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Diffusion
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography